Make something out of nothing.

That’s what we had to do. We were told to bring some junk, long pants, and safety glasses — that’s it. Our group had to make something educational out of garbage, and do it better than everyone else. I took the lead, because the ship was about to run aground. The topic we chose to educate about was incredibly important, and worked well with the garbage we had to use.

SPACE JUNK IS A PROBLEM

You heard me, space junk is a huge problem. Consider this: in 100 years, when it’s time to leave Earth for other worlds, we can’t get out. Sound scary? Sure. What’s worse than that, right now? No GPS, no communication services, and no way to get those services back online. Our world would quickly come to a standstill, and de-volve to a time before precise synchronization of timing systems was possible.

The Kessler Syndrome, a term coined by Donald Kessler is a terrifying scenario where there’s so many particles of space junk in orbit, that satellites and spacecraft cannot safely operate in in Earth’s orbit. I suggested this topic to the group, and they latched onto it with great passion.

We did a great job at bringing junk for the event. Perhaps too good, and perhaps it was just a bunch of garbage. (According to me, it was all garbage) What exactly did we have? Not much, but enough to make something:

  • An old glow stick

  • A notebook

  • Broken christmas lights

  • Some actual garbage

  • An enormous amount of Hot Glue at our disposal

  • A broken pencil

  • A lampshade

  • Tin cans and a Starbucks cup

  • Fabric remnants

  • Lumber scraps

“…perhaps it was just a bunch of garbage.”

Our creation was the best.

That’s it. End of story. There was nothing better than our creation.

We hat the glitz & glam, lights, motion, and impeccable artistry combined into the ultimate Junkyard Wars project. Check out the presentation below, or visit it at this link.